C.B.P. Media Releases SEPT. 2014

CBP Announces Return to Standard Hours of Operation for Inspection Station at Crane Lake, Minnesota
Tuesday, September 30, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseINTERNATIONAL FALLS, Minn. — U.S. Customs and Border Protection wishes to inform the public that the Inspection Station at Crane Lake, Minnesota, will be returning to standard hours of operation with the end of the summer tourist season. Effective...
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CBP Finds Cocaine in Food Item at JFK
Tuesday, September 30, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseJAMAICA, N.Y. — An arriving passenger at John F. Kennedy International Airport had more than food to declare as U. S. Customs and Border Protection officers discovered. Cocaine Found in Food Item at JFK On Sept. 22, Reynalda Leal Ricando arrived...
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Border Patrol Agent Rescues Two Drowning Men after Vehicle Bailout
Monday, September 29, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseESCOBARES, Texas ̶̶ A Rio Grande City Border Patrol Agent put his lifesaving skills to use in the Rio Grande after a vehicle bailout near Eagle Street. “When I arrived at the riverbank I observed two people whose arms were flailing and they were...
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Nogales CBP Officers Seize $255K Worth of Heroin
Monday, September 29, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseTUCSON, Ariz. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers arrested a man from Nogales, Sonora, Mexico after a failed attempt to smuggle more than 18 pounds of heroin through the Port of Nogales on the afternoon of Sept. 28. Packages of heroin are...
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Douglas CBP Officers Seize 123 Pounds of Marijuana
Monday, September 29, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseTUCSON, Ariz. - A 27-year-old Tucson woman arrested Sept. 28 had nearly $62,000 worth of marijuana in her vehicle when she attempted to cross the U.S. border through the Port of Douglas. The spare tire of a smuggling vehicle is found to contain...
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Douglas CBP Officers Seize Three Stolen Vehicles
Monday, September 29, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseTUCSON, Ariz. – Three men arrested at the Douglas Port of Entry at different times Sept. 27 were each driving stolen vehicles bound for Mexico. Officers first referred 55-year-old Lorenzo Murillo-Rascon of Animas, New Mexico, for additional...
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U.S. Border Patrol Captures Wanted Sex Offender
Monday, September 29, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseDEMING, N.M. – El Paso Sector Border Patrol Agents in New Mexico arrested a suspect from Mexico, Sept. 29, who had an active warrant in Nevada as a suspected sex offender. On Sept. 28, Border Patrol Agents were conducting patrols off NM Highway-11...
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CBP at JFK Seizes Cocaine in Shoes and Pocketbook
Monday, September 29, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseJAMAICA, N.Y. — An arriving passenger at John F. Kennedy International Airport made quite the fashion statement when encountered by U. S. Customs and Border Protection Officers. CBP at JFK seizes cocaine in shoes and pocketbook. On September 19,...
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CBP Office of Air and Marine Make Rescues in NM, West Texas Due to Heavy Flooding
Monday, September 29, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseEL PASO, Texas — CBP Offices of Air and Marine from El Paso and Alpine, Texas and Deming, New Mexico have been busy over the past several days conducting air rescues of stranded residents and hikers due to high flood waters. Gila National Forest...
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Southbound Technology Upgrade Project At El Paso Bridge Of The Americas Crossing Begins September 29
Friday, September 26, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseEL PASO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials in El Paso are advising the traveling public and members of the trade community that a construction project in the southbound lanes of the Bridge of the Americas is scheduled to begin on...
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CBP Makes Large Heroin Seizure at Presidio Port of Entry
Friday, September 26, 2014 | Local Media ReleasePRESIDIO, Texas -- U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Field Operations officers working at the Presidio port of entry seized 33 pounds of black-tar heroin Tuesday morning. The seizure is the largest heroin seizure ever recorded at the...
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CBP San Diego Nets 15 Illegal Aliens off Southern California Coast
Friday, September 26, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseSAN DIEGO — On September 26, 2014, Imperial Beach Border Patrol Agents and CBP Office of Air and Marine agents arrested 15 illegal aliens after their 35-foot panga boat came ashore in Mission Beach, Calif. At approximately 3:45 a.m., Imperial Beach...
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CBP Receives 10th P-3 Aircraft Overhaul
Friday, September 26, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseGREENVILLE, S.C.—U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Air and Marine today announced the completion of its 10th P-3 Orion aircraft overhaul. The Service Life Extension Program provides new wings and tail for each aircraft and completely...
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CBP, CBSA Ramp-Up Trusted Traveler Enrollments in Toronto
Friday, September 26, 2014 | National Media ReleaseWASHINGTON—U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the Canadian Border Services Agency will hold a Trusted Traveler enrollment event to expedite pending NEXUS applications at the Toronto preclearance facility beginning next month. CBP and the CBSA...
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Chief Mountain Closes for Season on September 30
Friday, September 26, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseCHIEF MOUNTAIN, Mont. — U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Field Operations announces the winter closing of the port of Chief Mountain, Montana. The port will close at 6:00 p.m. MDT on Tuesday, September 30. Canada Border Services Agency...
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Wild Horse Port to Resume Winter Hours - Port Hours Return to 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on October 1
Friday, September 26, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseWILD HORSE, Mont. — U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Field Operations would like to remind travelers the port of Wild Horse, Montana, will resume winter hours on Wednesday, October 1. The port of Wild Horse, Montana, will operate from 8...
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CBP in San Juan Seizes Cocaine and Heroin
Friday, September 26, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) field operations officers discovered 18.7 pounds of cocaine and 12.2 pounds of heroin concealed within a truck arriving from the Dominican Republic on Wednesday. The seized drugs have...
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El Centro Sector Border Patrol Rescues Woman in Desert
Friday, September 26, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseEL CENTRO, Calif. – Thursday, El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents rescued a distressed woman in the desert while attempting to illegally enter the United States. The incident occurred at approximately 2:50 p.m., when a Border Patrol agent...
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Arizona CBP Offering Unique Opportunity for Teens
Thursday, September 25, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseTUCSON, Ariz.-U.S. Customs and Border Protection- Tucson Field Office is about to begin a new outreach program that provides young men and women (ages 14-20) with an interest in a career in law enforcement, the chance to experience many of the...
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Douglas CBP Officers Seize 176 Pounds of Marijuana
Thursday, September 25, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseTUCSON, Ariz. – A 53-year-old Mexican national attempting to enter the United States through the Port of Douglas Wednesday had 160 packages of marijuana hidden throughout his Ford sedan. CBP officers from the Port of Douglas located a total of 160...
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CBP Instates David P. Higgerson as Director of Laredo Field Office
Thursday, September 25, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseLAREDO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection hosted a Change of Command ceremony in Laredo today to formally instate David P. Higgerson as Director, Field Operations for Laredo Field Office. CBP Commissioner R. Gil Kerlikowske announced that...
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Border Patrol Arrests “Sureño” Gang Member
Thursday, September 25, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseCALEXICO, Calif. – Wednesday, U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Calexico station apprehended a dangerous gang member attempting to make an illegal entry into the United States. Border Patrol agents arrested a 27-year-old Mexican national as...
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U.S. Border Patrol Agent Rescues Choking Victim
Thursday, September 25, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseFAIRVIEW, Pa. – A Border Patrol agent from the Erie Station used first responder training he received from the U.S. Border Patrol to rescue a choking child at a local restaurant in Erie, Pa. on Sept. 23. At approximately 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, an...
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CBP Intercepts Colorado’s Most Wanted Sex Offender
Thursday, September 25, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseDENVER— U.S.Customs and Border Protection officers working at Denver International Airport positively identified Calvin Christopher Nagy as the subject of a nationwide no-bail arrest warrant. The 38-year old U.S. citizen was taken into custody, Sept...
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LAX Unveils New Automated Passport Control Kiosks to Expedite Travelers’ Entry into the U.S.
Wednesday, September 24, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseLOS ANGELES—U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) today unveiled 40 new Automated Passport Control (APC) kiosks at the airport’s Tom Bradley International Terminal. APC expedites the entry process for U.S....
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Baltimore CBP Intercepts First in Port Acusta Snail
Wednesday, September 24, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseBALTIMORE – A U.S. Department of Agriculture malacologist confirmed Monday that U. S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Field Operations agriculture specialists discovered a new pest in the Baltimore area when they intercepted, Acusta sp., a...
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Philadelphia CBP Intercepts Destructive Citrus Black Spot Disease
Wednesday, September 24, 2014 | Local Media ReleasePHILADELPHIA — The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently confirmed that the black lesions U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s agriculture specialists intercepted on an orange at Philadelphia International Airport was the highly destructive Citrus...
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Philadelphia CBP Intercepts World’s Most Destructive Insect in Rice from Saudi Arabia
Wednesday, September 24, 2014 | Local Media ReleasePHILADELPHIA — U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists recently intercepted Khapra Beetle, one of the world’s most destructive insect pets, in a passenger’s baggage at Philadelphia International Airport. CBP officers referred a...
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Philadelphia CBP Seizes $27K in Unreported Currency From Canadian Woman
Wednesday, September 24, 2014 | Local Media ReleasePHILADELPHIA — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized $27,427 from a Canadian woman for violating federal currency reporting regulations Sept. 21 at Philadelphia International Airport. The woman, whose name is not being released because...
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CBP Seizes Nearly $109K in Unreported Funds
Tuesday, September 23, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseTucson, Ariz. — A 74-year-old Yuma man was arrested Monday for attempting to smuggle nearly $109,000 in unreported U.S. currency into Mexico through the Port of Nogales. CBP officers from the DeConcini crossing located unreported U.S. currency when...
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Hector A. Mancha Jr. Introduced as New CBP El Paso Director of Field Operations at Change Of Command Ceremony
Tuesday, September 23, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseEl Paso, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection El Paso Director of Field Operations Hector A. Mancha Jr. was formally sworn into office this morning during a CBP Field Operations change of command ceremony. Family, friends, colleagues and local...
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CBP Officers Seize Drugs Worth $567K
Monday, September 22, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseNogales, Ariz. —A Mexican national and three U.S. citizens were apprehended in separate weekend incidents involving attempts to smuggle a combined 98-plus pounds of drugs into the United States. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers from the...
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CBP Seizes Nearly $190K in Unreported Funds
Monday, September 22, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseTucson, Ariz. — A 48-year-old Mexican man was arrested Sept. 16 for attempting to smuggle $189,300 in unreported U.S. currency into Mexico through the Port of Nogales. CBP officers assigned to the Port of Nogales searched and located nine packages...
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CBP Officers Seize More Than $1 Million Worth of Cocaine and Methamphetamine over Weekend
Monday, September 22, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseImperial Valley, Calif., — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the local ports of entry over the weekend seized a total of about $1.1 million worth of cocaine and methamphetamine in four separate incidents. The first incident occurred at...
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CBP Discusses Preclearance Expansion with Industry
Monday, September 22, 2014 | National Media ReleaseWASHINGTON – U.S. Customs and Border Protection Acting Deputy Commissioner Kevin K. McAleenan addressed the World Routes Strategy Summit in Chicago regarding Preclearance Expansion. “CBP’s preclearance operations are an important step in the U.S....
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El Centro Sector Border Patrol Stops Two Meth Smuggling Attempts on the Same Day
Monday, September 22, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseSalton City, Calif. – Saturday, El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to the Indio Station arrested three suspected female drug smugglers and seized more than 10 pounds of methamphetamine in two separate incidents. The first incident,...
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CBP Import Specialists and Officers Seize Counterfeit Rechargeable Toys Valued at $1.3 Million
Monday, September 22, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseLaredo, Texas – The Import Specialist Enforcement Team (ISET) at U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) Laredo Port of Entry seized a total of 18 commercial shipments of counterfeit rechargeable toys over the summer, for allegedly infringing on...
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CBP at Anzalduas International Bridge Seizes $1.5 Million in Methamphetamine
Monday, September 22, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseAnzalduas, Texas—Officers with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations (OFO) at the Anzalduas International Bridge discovered $1,556,000 worth of methamphetamine that was hidden within a Ford Sport Trac SUV driven by a man...
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection to Hire Additional CBP Officers
Monday, September 22, 2014 | National Media ReleaseWASHINGTON— U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the agency responsible for securing U.S. ports of entry and international borders will accept applications for CBP officer positions at air, land and sea ports of entry on the Southwest border...
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Joint Efforts Save Another Life
Monday, September 22, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseTucson, Ariz. – Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents, assisted by the Office of Air and Marine’s Tucson Air Branch, rescued a Mexican national yesterday after receiving an emergency phone call for help near Sonoita, Arizona. At approximately 4 p.m....
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More Than $1 Million in Marijuana Seized in One Day
Monday, September 22, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseTucson, Ariz. – Three marijuana seizures in a single day by Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents from the Ajo Station will prevent more than 2,269 pounds of marijuana, valued in excess of $1.1 million, from reaching American streets. Yesterday, Ajo...
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Off-Duty U.S. Border Patrol Agent Arrested
Saturday, September 20, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseSAN ANTONIO, Texas -- Friday night, the San Antonio Police Department arrested an off-duty border patrol agent for assaulting a woman. Border patrol agents restrained the subject and notified the SAPD. The woman was taken to the hospital for...
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San Diego Border Patrol Agents Arrest Man with China White Heroin
Friday, September 19, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseSAN CLEMENTE, Calif. — U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Interstate 5 checkpoint arrested a man Thursday night who had more than eight pounds of China White heroin hidden inside the battery of his car. At approximately 5 p.m., a 30-year-old...
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CBP Catches Fugitive Wanted For Child Pornography
Friday, September 19, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseCALEXICO, Calif. — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Calexico West port of entry Wednesday apprehended a fugitive wanted for charges related to child pornography. At about 4:30 a.m., September 17, Alfonso Hernandez-Gonzalez, a 56-...
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El Centro Sector Border Patrol Agents Discover Methamphetamine in Minivan at Highway 86 Checkpoint
Thursday, September 18, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseSALTON CITY, Calif. – Thursday, El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to the Indio Station arrested a pair of suspected drug smugglers after discovering packages of methamphetamine hidden inside a luggage bag stored in a minivan. The...
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DHS Delegates Criminal Misconduct Investigative Authority to CBP
Thursday, September 18, 2014 | National Media ReleaseWASHINGTON – Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson announced today his decision to delegate to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) the authority to investigate its employees for alleged criminal misconduct. As a result, CBP is converting...
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Eagle Pass Enforcement Team Seizes Cocaine at Port of Entry
Thursday, September 18, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseEAGLE PASS, Texas – Federal authorities at the Eagle Pass Port of Entry intercepted a load of cocaine with a street value in excess of $700,000 Tuesday morning. “The Eagle Pass Enforcement Team is made up of U.S. Customs and Border Protection...
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Eagle Pass Border Patrol Agents Arrest Convicted Sex Offender
Wednesday, September 17, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseDEL RIO, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Eagle Pass Station recently arrested a subject that has previously been deported, and is a convicted sex offender. On Sept. 12, agents from the Eagle Pass Station encountered Edgar...
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CBP Seizes $1M in Heroin
Wednesday, September 17, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseLAREDO, Texas –On the heels of two significant hard narcotics seizures this weekend, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Laredo Port of Entry this week seized a sizable load of heroin hidden in a vehicle driven by a 71-year-old man....
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CBP Seizes 2 Counterfeit iPhone 6 Phones, Accessories
Wednesday, September 17, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- US Customs and Border Protection Field Operations officers and import specialists seized in late August two fraudulent iPhone 6 cell phones among other counterfeit phones and cell phone accessories, infringing the...
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Classic Jaguar Stolen 46 Years Ago Recovered at LA/LB Seaport
Wednesday, September 17, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseLOS ANGELES— U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in partnership with a National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) Special Agent and a California Highway Patrol-Investigative Services Unit Investigator assigned to the Foreign Export and...
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CBP Seizes Hard Drugs Worth Nearly $395K
Tuesday, September 16, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseNOGALES, Ariz. —Two Mexican nationals and a U.S. citizen were apprehended in separate weekend incidents involving attempts to smuggle a combined 72-plus pounds of methamphetamine, heroin and cocaine into the United States. U.S. Customs and Border...
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El Centro Sector Border Patrol Takes Down Drug Smugglers at Sand Dunes
Tuesday, September 16, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseCALEXICO, Calif. – Monday, U.S. Border Patrol agents from the Calexico station arrested two illegal immigrants near the Imperial Sand Dunes suspected of smuggling approximately 193 pounds of marijuana, with an estimated value of more than $115,900....
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Arizona Border Patrol Canine Discovers 621 Pounds of Marijuana
Tuesday, September 16, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseTUCSON, Ariz. – A Border Patrol canine team helped Douglas Station agents confirm that a pickup truck they stopped yesterday in Douglas, Arizona, contained approximately 621 pounds of marijuana worth more than $310,000. Agents responding to...
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Man Caught with Hard Drugs at San Luis Port
Tuesday, September 16, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseTUCSON, Ariz. – A 33-year-old Yuma, Arizona man, was caught with a combined 30 pounds of cocaine and methamphetamine during an unsuccessful smuggling attempt Friday at the Port of San Luis. After U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers selected...
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CBP Seizes Cocaine, Meth Worth Almost $569K
Monday, September 15, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseTUCSON, Ariz. — Four Mexican nationals were apprehended in separate incidents late last week for attempting to smuggle a combined 98-plus pounds of cocaine and methamphetamine into the United States. CBP officers assigned to the DeConcini crossing...
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CBP Seizes $335K in Narcotics
Monday, September 15, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseHIDALGO, Texas — Officers with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations at the Hidalgo International Bridge arrested a woman from San Juan, Texas after discovering $335,000 worth of heroin and methamphetamine concealed within...
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CBP Seizes Nearly $3 Million in Hard Narcotics, Uncover 21 Immigration Violations
Monday, September 15, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseLAREDO, Texas -- Late summer showers could not dampen the resolve of U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Laredo Port of Entry this weekend as they shone brightly in terms of enforcement activity, seizing nearly $3 million in hard...
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Tucson Border Patrol Arrests Convicted Sex Offenders
Monday, September 15, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseTUCSON, Ariz. – During the last two weeks, Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents arrested seven illegal immigrants convicted of various sex crimes and previously deported from the U.S. Three subjects from Mexico had convictions including rape,...
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CBP Seizes Nearly 9 Pounds of Opium Hidden in Bars of Soap
Monday, September 15, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseSAN FRANCISCO — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers assigned to the international mail facility at San Francisco International Airport discovered 8.9 pounds of opium while examining a package declared as soap. CBP offiers discovered 8.9...
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CBP Arrests Man Wanted for Rape
Monday, September 15, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseNiagara Falls, N.Y. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office Field Operations announce today, the arrest of a wanted felon at the Rainbow Bridge. On Sept. 14, CBP officers working at the Rainbow Bridge encountered 44-year-old Mohammed Ahmed, a...
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More Than $15.5 Million Worth of Marijuana Seized Over Past Two Weeks in Rio Grande Valley Sector
Friday, September 12, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseEDINBURG, Texas – Agents from the Border Patrol’s Rio Grande Valley Sector seized nearly 19,400 pounds of marijuana, with an estimated value of more than $15.5 million, in a two-week span from Aug. 28 –Sept. 11. One of the largest marijuana busts...
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Border Patrol Agent Succumbs to Injuries Following On-Duty Vehicle Accident
Friday, September 12, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseDEL RIO, Texas – A Border Patrol agent was involved in a two-vehicle collision, while on duty near Carrizo Springs early this morning, which resulted in the deaths of both drivers. U.S. Border Patrol Agent Tyler R. Robledo “I am deeply saddened...
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Del Rio Texas Border Patrol Officials Warn Against Vehicle Theft
Friday, September 12, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseDEL RIO, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Carrizo Springs area of operations recovered a stolen vehicle recently, prompting officials to warn the public of a vehicle theft trend among criminal organizations. Often vehicles stolen...
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CBP Atlanta Intercepts Destructive Khapra Beetle
Friday, September 12, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseATLANTA— U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agriculture specialists working at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport (ATL) recently intercepted the insect described as the world’s most destructive insect pest of grain products and...
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CBP Receives Final P-3 Outer Wing
Friday, September 12, 2014 | National Media ReleaseMARIETTA, Ga. - U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Air and Marine received its 14th and final P-3 Orion outer wing from Lockheed Martin this week, as part of the Service Life Extension Program. The outer wing, delivered ahead of schedule...
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Multiagency Pursuit in Texas Leads to the Arrest of a Truck Driver Who Fled At Border Patrol Checkpoint
Thursday, September 11, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseLAREDO, Texas - On September 11, at around 3:40 a.m., Border Patrol agents assigned to the Freer Border Patrol Checkpoint encountered a tractor trailer at the primary inspection lane. While the immigration inspection was being conducted, a service...
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CBP at JFK Seizes Cocaine in Computer Bag
Thursday, September 11, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseJAMAICA, N.Y. — An arriving passenger at John F. Kennedy International Airport had more than a laptop in her computer bag when encountered by U. S. Customs and Border Protection officers. Computer bag discovered containing 3.3 pounds of cocaine...
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CBP Selects Trade Leadership
Thursday, September 11, 2014 | National Media ReleaseWASHINGTON — In an important next step in advancing U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) Trade Transformation efforts, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner, R. Gil Kerlikowske announced selections for two key trade positions within...
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Man Wanted in Florida Found by CBP in St. Thomas
Wednesday, September 10, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseSt. Thomas, Virgin Islands -U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Field Operations Officers in the US Virgin Islands arrested Monday a man sought out for failing to appear before a Volusia County Florida court on controlled substance violations....
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Tucson Border Patrol Discovers Nearly $1 Million in Marijuana
Wednesday, September 10, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseTUCSON, Ariz. – Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents seized more than 1,700 pounds of marijuana worth $878,500 from a stolen vehicle near Why, Arizona. Vehicle used in the attempt to smuggle bundles of marijuana Yesterday at approximately 1 p.m.,...
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Eagle Pass Border Patrol Agents Arrest Escapee From 2012 Mexico Prison Break
Wednesday, September 10, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseDEL RIO, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents, assigned to the Eagle Pass South Station, recently captured a known fugitive, who escaped from a Mexican penal facility in 2012. Carlos Candido Castillo-Hernandez, 25, an undocumented immigrant from...
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CBP Seizes $106K in Hard Drugs
Wednesday, September 10, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseTUCSON, Ariz. — An Amado, Ariz. woman is in custody following a Sept. 8 seizure of a combined nearly 16 pounds of methamphetamine and cocaine at the Port of Nogales. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Mariposa crossing referred the...
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Douglas CBP Officers Seize $246K in Marijuana
Wednesday, September 10, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseTUCSON, Ariz. - Two Douglas, Arizona residents were arrested Tuesday for attempting to smuggle a combined 493 pounds of marijuana through the Port of Douglas in separate incidents.U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers selected a 21-year-old...
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Del Rio Border Patrol Arrests 5 Sex Offenders in Past Month
Wednesday, September 10, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseDEL RIO, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Del Rio Sector area of operations apprehended five convicted sex offenders within the past month. On Sept. 9, at approximately 12:30 a.m., agents from the Del Rio Station, patrolling near...
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CBP Promoting NEXUS for Buffalo Bills Fans
Wednesday, September 10, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseBuffalo, N.Y.— U.S. Customs and Border Protection in partnership with the Buffalo Bills and NEXUS Niagara will host a mobile NEXUS enrollment event at the Buffalo Bills Field House in Orchard Park, N.Y. Participation in the NEXUS program will allow...
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Andrade CBP Officers Thwart Attempt to Smuggle Methamphetamine in Hidden Compartments
Wednesday, September 10, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseWINTERHAVEN, Calif. — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Andrade port of entry Sunday arrested a women after discovering more than 13 pounds of methamphetamine concealed in hidden compartments in the vehicle she was driving. The...
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El Centro Sector Border Patrol Take Down Drive-Thru Attempt in Desert
Wednesday, September 10, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseCALEXICO, Calif. —Today, U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the El Centro Sector prevented a drug smuggling attempt resulting of a seizure of 937 pounds of marijuana. 900 pounds of marijuana valued at more than a half a million dollars. The...
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CBP Finds First in Nation Pest at Pharr International Bridge
Tuesday, September 9, 2014 | Local Media ReleasePHARR, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations agriculture specialists at the Pharr International Bridge cargo facility recently intercepted a pest determined to be a first in the nation discovery in a shipment of...
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San Diego Border Patrol Agents Arrest Man with Cocaine at I-5 Checkpoint
Tuesday, September 9, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseSAN CLEMENTE, Calif. — U.S. Border Patrol agents at the Interstate 5 checkpoint arrested a man over the weekend who had more than 35 pounds of cocaine inside his car. The driver, a 47-year-old Mexican national, arrived at the checkpoint at...
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2 Arrested at U.S./Canada Border Fined $10K for Illegally Entering the U.S.
Tuesday, September 9, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseBOWMANTOWN, Maine. – On the afternoon of Sept. 7, a U.S. Border Patrol agent from the Houlton Sector arrested a male from Lebanon, 44, and a male from the United States, 40, for illegally entering the United States south of the Notre Dame, Canada...
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Dulles CBP Arrests Three Fugitives in Two Days
Tuesday, September 9, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseSTERLING, Va. — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations (OFO) at Washington Dulles International Airport arrested three fugitives in two days, September 6 – 7. Travis Nelson Delles, 38, of Brooklawn, N.J., arrived on a...
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Windsor Detroit Shiprider Team Arrests 2, Seize Tobacco, Vessel, Vehicle
Monday, September 8, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseWINDSOR, Canada – As a result of an integrated cross border investigation; federal investigators with the Windsor Detroit Shiprider team arrested two US citizens on Walpole Island, Ontario for Criminal Conspiracy and Excise Act 2001 offences....
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CBP in Arizona Seizes Drugs Valued at $286K
Monday, September 8, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseTUCSON, Ariz. — Three Mexican nationals and a Tucson woman were apprehended in separate incidents during the weekend for attempting to smuggle more than 57 pounds of cocaine and methamphetamine into the United States. CBP officers at the Mariposa...
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CBP Uncover Smuggling Attempt of 5 Children
Monday, September 8, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseLAREDO, Texas - U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Laredo Port of Entry this weekend uncovered an alleged attempt to bring in five Mexican children with entry documents belonging to other people. “Our frontline CBP officers working...
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Yuma Border Patrol Arrests Sex Offender
Monday, September 8, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseYUMA, Ariz. — Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents arrested an illegal alien who proved to be a convicted sex offender, yesterday, following a vehicle stop. Blythe Station agents patrolling near Wikieup, Ariz. performed the vehicle stop on Highway 93....
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CBP Seizes Nearly $500K in Methamphetamine
Monday, September 8, 2014 | Local Media ReleasePRESIDIO, Texas -- U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Field Operations officers working at the Presidio port of entry seized 15.6 pounds of methamphetamine Friday afternoon. The drugs were concealed within the firewall area of a 2002...
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CBP Seizes $58K of Methamphetamine
Monday, September 8, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseTUCSON, Ariz. — A Phoenix woman is in custody in connection with a drug seizure of methamphetamine at the Port of Nogales, yesterday. CBP officers at the DeConcini crossing were assisted by a narcotics detection canine to locate packages of meth...
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Douglas CBP seizes Marijuana
Monday, September 8, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseTUCSON, Ariz. – A 26-year-old Mexican national was arrested Sept. 4 in a failed attempt to smuggle more than 290 pounds of marijuana through the Port of Douglas. CBP officers assigned to the Port of Douglas removed marijuana packages from the gas...
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CBP Identifies US Citizen With Outstanding Warrant
Monday, September 8, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- A 42-year-old United States citizen, resident of San Juan, Puerto Rico, is in custody in connection with domestic violence charges. The man was arrested yesterday as he was returning to the United States on board the cruise...
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Douglas Border Patrol Agents Save a Life
Friday, September 5, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseTUCSON, Ariz. – An illegal immigrant’s life was saved by Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents near Douglas, Ariz. on Monday. Border Patrol Agents from the Douglas, Ariz. station locate an injured illegal immigrant with the assistance of a CBP aircraft...
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Two Tecate Police Officers Chase a Criminal into the U.S. - Border Patrol Apprehends All Three
Friday, September 5, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseTECATE, Calif. — Shortly before 1:00 p.m., on Aug. 27, Border Patrol agents assigned to the El Cajon Border Patrol Station observed a man climbing over the border fence approximately one-quarter mile East of the Tecate Port of Entry. As the agents...
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San Diego Border Patrol Seize More Than $870K Worth of Cocaine at the I-5 Checkpoint
Friday, September 5, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseSAN CLEMENTE, Calif. — U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Interstate 5 checkpoint seized more than $870,000 in cocaine yesterday morning. At approximately 10:45 a.m., Border Patrol agents performed an immigration inspection on the driver of a...
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CBP Intercepts Pests in Fruit Cache
Friday, September 5, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseLaredo, TEXAS – U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists at the Lincoln-Juarez Bridge recently intercepted several notable pests in a sizable, undeclared cache of fruit within a passenger vehicle. Recent analysis of intercepted...
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CBP Nabs 2 Smugglers at Santa Teresa Port of Entry
Friday, September 5, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseSANTA TERESA, N.M. -- U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Field Operation officers working at the Santa Teresa port of entry arrested two people and seized 161 pounds of marijuana with an estimated street value of $128,000, yesterday. CBP...
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CBP Protects Against Pests, Plant Disease
Friday, September 5, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseDALLAS – U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists working at the Dallas Fort Worth International Airport intercepted 32 different fruits prohibited from entering the U.S. during August. CBP agriculture specialists seized 15 jars...
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CBP Detains Man Wanted for Sexual Assault of Child
Friday, September 5, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseEAGLE PASS, Texas - U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at Eagle Pass detained a San Antonio man Sept. 3 after discovering he was wanted for sexual assault of a child. “Working with our state, local and federal law enforcement partners in...
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CBP Seizes More Than Four Tons of Marijuana in Small Cargo Truck
Friday, September 5, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseOTAY MESA, Calif. — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Otay Mesa Cargo Facility discovered nearly 9,000 pounds of marijuana in the back of a small cargo truck about 9:30 a.m. Sept 3. A 26-year-old male Mexican citizen driving a 2003...
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Join the Global Entry Movement
Friday, September 5, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseDETROIT— The Global Entry program is running full speed ahead and is enjoying an overwhelming success in the international travel environment. U.S. Customs and Border Protection encourages international travelers to sign up for Global Entry and...
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CBP Makes Five Drug Seizures at El Paso's Bridge of the Americas
Friday, September 5, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseEL PASO, Texas -- U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Field Operation officers working at the Bridge of the Americas at the El Paso port of entry made five drug seizures, Aug. 27. CBP officers seized 319 pounds of marijuana in four seizures...
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CBP Intercepts Fruit Trees
Thursday, September 4, 2014 | Local Media ReleasePHOENIX — U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists at the Port of Phoenix recently took possession of a trio of undeclared fruit trees. Agriculture Specialists at the Port of Phoenix seize undeclared fruit trees from within...
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CBP Seizes $100K of Methamphetamine
Thursday, September 4, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseNOGALES, Ariz. — A Mexican national is in custody following a drug seizure of methamphetamine at the Port of Nogales on Sept. 1. Thirty-three pounds of meth are seized by officers at the DeConcini crossing on Monday. U.S. Customs and Border...
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CBP Seizes Fake E-Tablets Worth $1.1M
Wednesday, September 3, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseLAREDO, Texas – The Import Specialist Enforcement Team at U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Laredo Port of Entry recently seized a commercial shipment of counterfeit electronic tablets valued at $1.1 million for allegedly infringing on the...
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Three Caught Concealing Meth at San Luis Port
Wednesday, September 3, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseTUCSON, Ariz. – A pair of Reno, Nevada women and a San Luis, Arizona man were caught with more than 3.6 pounds of methamphetamine during unsuccessful smuggling attempts over the last few days at the Port of San Luis. On Tuesday, U.S. Customs and...
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CBP Seizes $77K Worth of Marijuana
Wednesday, September 3, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseLUKEVILLE, Ariz. — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers discovered more than 155 pounds of marijuana concealed in a vehicle during a secondary inspection at the Lukeville port of entry, Sept. 1. Officers referred Noe Ortiz, 49, and a female...
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CBP Leads USCG to 1.6 Ton Drug Haul
Wednesday, September 3, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseCORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Air and Marine agents aboard a P-3 Airborne Early Warning aircraft assisted in the disruption of over 3200 pounds of cocaine worth about $246 million and effecting the arrest of...
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U.S. Border Patrol Arrests 8 Over Holiday Weekend
Wednesday, September 3, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseRochester, N.Y. – U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested eight individuals over the Labor Day weekend which included suspects with criminal records, an active warrant and an imposter. Agents from the Rochester Station were busy over the four-day period...
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U.S. Border Patrol Prevents Illegal Entry Using Advanced Technology, Rapid Response
Wednesday, September 3, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseBuffalo, N.Y -- U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested a Haitian citizen as he attempted to enter the United States illegally, by crossing the International Railroad Bridge in Buffalo, on Labor Day. At about 2 a.m., Buffalo Sector’s Integrated Border...
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CBP Stops Smuggler With 7.5 Pounds Of Cocaine Hidden On Body
Wednesday, September 3, 2014 | Local Media ReleaseEL PASO, Texas -- U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Field Operation officers working at the El Paso port of entry seized 7.5 pounds of cocaine Sunday. The drugs were strapped to the legs of a female border crosser. The estimated street...
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CBP Seizes $600K in Narcotics
Tuesday, September 2, 2014 | Local Media ReleasePHARR, Texas — Officers with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations working at the Pharr International Bridge seized $615,000 worth of methamphetamine and heroin in two separate, unrelated incidents. These narcotics were...
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Commissioner Kerlikowske Attends National C-TPAT Conference
Tuesday, September 2, 2014 | National Media ReleaseWASHINGTON — Commissioner Kerlikowske attended the 13th Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) National Conference where he spoke to more than 1,200 attendees. The theme of the 2014 conference was “C-TPAT: Partnering in Supply Chain... Read More

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